The Cold War was a pivotal era in the twentieth century. The term Cold War itself‚ popularized in a 1946 speech by Prime Minister of Britain Winston Churchill‚ describes the ideological struggle between Democracy and Communism that began shortly after the end of World War II and lasted until 1991. For the foreign policy of the United States‚ the cold war defined the last half of the twentieth century. It was a war of ideas‚ of threats‚ and of actual fighting in the countries of Korea and Vietnam
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V for Vendetta vs. 1984 comparison Intermediate prompt: Discuss some of the similarities of how the totalitarian style of government depicted in the film V for Vendetta and Big Brother in George Orwell’s novel 1984 use the media to control the population. *Norsefire‚ the political party that reigns over England after a nuclear holocaust attempts to control the population through propaganda in the media. In the movie it seems as though everyone has a television in their home and there is only one
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Spanking does nothing to teach a child to develop inner discipline. A child’s focus is on the spanking itself‚ not on a review of the behavior that led to it. After a spanking‚ a child does not sit in his room and think‚ "Gee‚ I sure goofed. But I really learned something. Next time I’ll behave." Instead a child is typically thinking‚ "It’s not fair! She doesn’t understand! I hate her." Another problem with spanking is that spanking is seen as punishment for a crime‚ payment for a debt. In other
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#1 Boy‚ 13‚ charged with attempted murder of young girl Police say the youth charged with attempted murder in the brutal stabbing of a 13-year-old girl in Warman‚ Sask. is a 13-year-old boy. The boy was tracked down by officers Friday night after they responded to a home in the city‚ located about 20 kilometres north of Saskatoon‚ where a girl was suffering from severe stab wounds. Police managed to stabilize her at the scene and she was rushed to hospital by ambulance. The girl was in stable
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The police officer said: “You’re under arrest for stealing scallops”. The server said‚ “Table seven ordered three dozen scallops.” The diner said‚ “Lets eat the scallops and leave without paying!” I feel uncomfortable whenever someone compliments my chandelier. Please accept this chandelier with my complements. Sammy ignored the warning and went to Florida; which was both adventurous and unwise. Sammy wanted to go surfing in Florida‚ but there was a hurricane warning. Sammy planned fun activities
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1. We can’t fire Freida for stealing from the company. She has always been a great team player. This statement is an appeal to pity. This type of argument is based on emotion and empathy‚ rather than logic. It is clear that the person tries to convince others to not fire Freida for stealing solely based on his opinion of her being “a great team player‚” which is an emotional argument‚ not a logical one. 2. Don’t listen to Sam’s opinion on global warming! He’s a tree hugger! This statement is an
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On January 24 2011 I attended the Presentation given by Jennifer Pozner. This presentation was called “Project Brainwash: Why reality TV is bad for women”. Project Brainwash focuses on how reality TV shows are maintaining stereotypes that society has created for women. Although many of us believe reality TV is just mindless fun‚ Pozner points out that many of the shows are portraying women badly and making them conform to society’s beliefs of what a woman should be like. Pozner began the topic
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Animal Research Animal testing is bad because it can hurt the animals by cutting them‚ brain damage‚ and health issues. Our animals are important because they are our livestock and the pervoid a great environment.Animals can die from the chemicals and lose a body part. Animal testing is bad because it can hurt the animals by cutting them‚ brain damage‚ and health issues. So our animals are important because they are our livestock and the perfect environment. Nearly 3% of animals survive the animal
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Exam 2 Lord Byron was called “mad‚ bad and dangerous to know.” What evidence of this do we see from his poems and the biography you watched? The statement that Byron was ’’mad‚ bad and dangerous to know’’ came from Lady Caroline Lamb following their initial gathering‚ when the publication of ’’Childe Harold’’ made him the social and scholarly young man of London. Lord Byron was seen as mad‚ bad and dangerous because he was very promiscuous; he was a big party animal and was very wealthy. All three
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The bad news message that I have chosen to analyze‚ is a message of the salary reduction sent from a director of the human resources department to a staff from the division of language studies in a university. There is only one main idea in the whole letter; it is to inform the audience‚ who is the staff from the division of language studies‚ that there will be a deduction in her university salary. The letter is written in a direct approach‚ which means from the letter the main idea can be straightly
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